A few end user sales:

[martin-s]

Credit to you mate, you're certainly good at this.

Was your background always in sales?

 

[Federer]

Thanks.

No. I started reading about domain names about 8-9 years ago. Picked up and sold a few LLL.com's for profit, quit my job a month later and have never looked back since.

It's a numbers game.

Focusing on keyword domains that perfectly describle a product or service, and selling them at highly affordable (but profitable) margins is the key.
Rinse & repeat.

 

[Admin]

What does your email template look like .... or are you bespoking it each time?

 

[Federer]

Here is one I am still fine-tuning but it is producing great results, especially in the £75-£150 range...

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Hello,

You may be be interested in a keyword-centric domain name that recently became available and that we are now selling:

IbizaApartments.co.uk

According to Google Keyword Planner, there are currently 1600 monthly searches for those keywords.
The domain name could be developed to increase your online presence. Another option would be to use the domain for branding or advertising as it is very easy to remember and instantly tells customers what you do.

The domain is for sale for £150. Please let us know if your business would be interested in this opportunity as we are reaching out to some companies that we feel could benefit from this domain.

Best regards,
Luc Biggs

Key Domains | Acquisition & Sales of Key Domains | Key-Domains.com
Address | Post Code & City | Portugal
Direct Number: | Mobile Number:

- Registration information: whois.domaintools.com/IbizaApartments.co.uk
- Domain’s history (if any) can be viewed here: http://web.archive.org/web/*/IbizaApartments.co.uk
- This is a one-time advertisement that is being sent to your company just once; please reply «*stop*» if you no longer wish to receive domain branding offers from us in the future


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[Admin]

Well done. I've long had the view that 'in general' Acorners don't do this and are missing out. Over the years I've put about 15 minutes per MONTH into something like this and its sold me a few names at good prices (4 figures). Theres an opportunity here to do this at the next level up. Of course, you have to be a self motivated, organised type. I've tried a friend or two on doing this for my names on a commission basis and I'm convinced it's got potential but most people are a bit lazy I think!

 

[orchardapple]

Martin makes a great point

Please do a study of these types of co.uk domains you've sold in the past year

Id love to know at least the following

1. What total number and % of domains sold have legitimate sites on
2. Of those with sites on, how are they ranking in google
3. How many are running adword campaigns

For some businesses #1 is suffice, simply have a website, add to business cards, letter heads, printed marketing materials, why bother with #2 & 3 as not every website i visited and procurred services from has bothered.

There are mutliple uses for domain names and not everybody follows the mainstream

 

[mat]

I would just like to point out that clients I have worked with have bought keyword domains like this for these kinds of low end prices. We have put very small wordpress sites on them and had them naturaly rank over time and bring in thousands of pounds of extra leads a year.

 

[mat]

As a domainer I have also contacted managing directors of some pretty big companies directly and had them buy these kinds of keyword domains from me for £xxxx without batting an eyelid, with no kind of hard sell.

Some of these are still redirected/parked to this day, but firstly it stops it getting into the hands of competitors and also something that they may want to develop out in the future.

As an example I sold one years back, it sat there doing nothing for years but now has a great site on it which is targetting and selling one of their most popular products separately.

 

[Admin]

Absolutely Mat, I see no logic at all in criticising what happens to them. I've sold names that with less naivety I probably wouldn't have bought in the first place but done well with them e.g. Range-Rover (just googled the biggest franchises) which I sold to Perrys and it redirects to their site. Perhaps they market with it for memorability, I dont know, it doesnt matter to me. I sold oldspice.co.uk too...

 

[Federer]

You're both spot on.
It's nice to have some fresh air in here.
I have no time for negativity.

 

[domainseller200]

I have to be honest I am truly shocked at Murray's comments in here.

It reminds me of a one man protest for Peta with the protester wearing leather shoes...

 

[orchardapple]

It reminds me of a one man protest for Peta with the protester wearing leather shoes...

You sir have won the comment of the day

 

[Edwin]

It reminds me of a one man protest for Peta with the protester wearing leather shoes...

I was thinking "vegan at a butcher's convention" but yours is excellent!

 

[denchomsky]

Just about every advert/promotional material you see or hear boasts some kind of benefit to your lifestyle, health or financial status.

Take nicorettes for example, yeah if you use them they might help you stop smoking like they say. It will take some effort from you to achieve success though.
If you put them in the cupboard and leave them for a year they won't help at all.

Same with a domain, it's up to the buyer to do what they want with it and decide how much effort they want to apply to make it worth the money they paid.

 

[Murray]

I have to be honest I am truly shocked at Murray's comments in here.

It reminds me of a one man protest for Peta with the protester wearing leather shoes...

No I tell you what it is

There's keyword domains then there's keyword domains, they aren't all equal

I also find a difference between being approached and approaching someone.

It's much more like me saying "I don't like oranges" then everyone saying "ooo this guy hates all fruit!" no, I don't hate all fruit.. I just don't like oranges.

 

[RobM]

The saying is simple. Those who can .... do. Those who can't.... complain those who do can't be doing it.
Whatever works - last I saw any business was about profit. If you're domaining for the 'love' of it or for an 'ideal' you should perhaps be doing something else. No this post is not aimed at anyone in particular just pointing out that it seems to be domaining that causes people to be self righteous and judgemental.

 

[Murray]

Whatever works - last I saw any business was about profit.

I explained my problem with it earlier in this analogy

Would you say an SEO company giving no results is fine?

Say you pay for an SEO service, you don't know much about SEO, they say "we will do directory submission, articles and blog commenting"

They do the work sure, directories are submitted to, articles are posted etc but doesn't help with anything.. did they rip you off?

What were you buying? their time to do the work or the perceived help it would give you in google?

You got what you paid for, but you didn't get what you paid for.

 

[RobM]

I would say if an SEO company is not committing fraud and you pay for their services then that is both of your businesses. I don't know why it seems to bother you so much.

 

[Murray]

I don't know why it seems to bother you so much.

Then I suppose there's no point me trying to explain (sums up this whole thread pretty well lol), perhaps my emotional intelligence is too high.

 

[RobM]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fox_and_the_Grapes

Anyway back to the OP. Well done for buying and selling domains. It's exactly how a supply and demand market works.